death grip noun
[singular] : a very tight hold on something
▪ He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his death grip on the steering wheel. — often used figuratively to suggest that something has a powerful and harmful effect on something else ▪ The group is trying to release the death grip [=hold] that drugs have on their neighborhood.
▪ He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his death grip on the steering wheel. — often used figuratively to suggest that something has a powerful and harmful effect on something else ▪ The group is trying to release the death grip [=hold] that drugs have on their neighborhood.
